Our digestive health is determined by the digestive tract’s balance between the beneficial bacteria and the harmful bacteria that is found there. You want the balance skewed to the good bacteria, which is something that can be done by increasing your intake of prebiotics.
Prebiotics Will Push The Good Bacteria-Bad Bacteria
Balance To The Good Bacteria Side
This is something that can be done through diet and eating more foods that contain prebiotics, as these are the foods that the good bacteria use to eat and reproduce. But the most effective way to maximize the number of good bacteria you have in your colon, and therefore achieve the best digestive health possible, is by taking prebiotics supplements.
Prebiotics Feed The Good Bacteria In Your System So They Can Grow And Flourish
Many people use probiotics for improving their digestive health. Considering that the probiotics are good bacteria, this makes sense that it would be beneficial. However, you already have good bacteria in your colon naturally, and taking probiotics adds to their quantity.
But the key for the best possible digestive health is for these good bacteria to be able to flourish and keep from being taken over by the bad bacteria – and this is what your prebiotics supplement will do for you. So, don’t take probiotics without having prebiotics to feed them.
Prebiotics Digestive Health Benefits
Some of the primary benefits that you will receive from better digestive health will be the ability to absorb more nutrients and vitamins from the food that you eat, and the supplements that your take. You will also be strengthening your immune system, which will have the further benefit of having fewer health problems and serious diseases and conditions.
Prebiotics Food Sources
The Kiwifruit Is One Of The Best Prebiotic Food Sources Available
Prebiotics are soluble plant fibers found in a number of different foods like: Jerusalem artichoke, chicory root, unrefined grains, asparagus, kiwifruit, and bananas. When you eat these foods they are non-digestible, so they past straight through your digestive tract into your colon, where they become food for the beneficial bacteria found there.
These are all very good sources of prebiotics, but the problem with getting them through diet only is (1) the quantity of prebiotics contained can be small enough that it makes it difficult to get enough to maximize their digestive health benefits (2) the prebiotics and other beneficial components may be found in parts of the food that you aren’t going to end up eating.
As an example of this, think about the kiwifruit, which is actually the prebiotic food source for the supplement that I take. You would have to eat around 3 whole kiwifruit every day, skin and all, to get the benefits of 1 capsule of the prebiotics supplement.
| The issue with getting prebiotics through food sources only is getting enough quantity, and missing the benefits from the parts of the foods that you aren’t eating – your prebiotics supplement is a solution for this. |
Prebiotics Supplements Digestive Health Components
Prebiotics are a very important component of the prebiotic supplement – but balanced digestive health requires more components than these, and the supplements that you take must include 4 of these:
- Soluble fiber
- Enzymes
- Prebiotics
- Phenolics
Kiwi-Klenz Prebiotics Digestive Supplement
My Kiwi-Klenz kiwifruit based prebiotics supplement is a terrific source of all 4 of these. You know how important prebiotics are for your digestive health, now let’s consider what soluble fiber does for your digestive health.
Soluble fiber is one of two types of dietary fiber, the other is insoluble fiber – you also get this from your kiwifruit prebiotics digestive supplement. The insoluble fiber comes from all of those black seeds, and is important for your digestion because they are able to speed up the amount of time that it takes stools to move through your system.
Soluble Fiber Health Benefits
Soluble fiber provides other important functions to your digestive health, and overall health that include:
- The ability to get more vitamins and minerals from your food or supplements through a process of liquid absorption, which slows down digestion and makes them more available
- Decreased cholesterol and triglycerides levels from the binding of fats, which then keeps your system from absorbing them
- A lowering in your levels of glucose, which may then help in the prevention of diabetes
So definitely eat more foods with prebiotics in them, they are always going to be beneficial. But to get the best possible digestive health, through a balancing of all the related components – you will find a prebiotics supplement to be the most efficient and effective way for doing this.
